Patents Examined by Opiribo Georgewill
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Patent number: 8880073Abstract: A method and various devices (e.g., MME, GANCs, UE) are described herein for preventing a CS domain call from being dropped during a CSoLTEvGAN towards GERAN/UTRAN handover procedure.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2009Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Jari Vikberg, Göran Rune, Häkan Axelsson, Magnus Hallenstål, Thomas Johansson, Tomas Nylander
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Patent number: 8880034Abstract: A mobile communication device provides a user with the ability to set up one or more profiles on the device. Each profile is configured to segment the user's data and applications and selectively restrict access from an active profile to user data and applications associated with other profiles on the device. The mobile communication device stores profile configuration data including profile selection criteria used to automatically associate items of user data with profiles on the device. When an item of user data is received on the device, the device automatically identifies a profile to associate with the received item based on the profile selection criteria, and the received item is stored in the device so as to be associated with the identified profile. Exemplary profile selection criteria include criteria based on a current time or location, a currently active profile, a data type of the received item, and a source of the received item.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Cellco PatrnershipInventors: Rita Sadhvani, Hannah Youngsil Moon
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Patent number: 8862172Abstract: A terminal random access procedure is improved by allowing a mobile terminal to correctly map signature indexes onto cyclic shifted Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequences when the deployed cells support a high-speed mobility by informing a mobile terminal whether a cell supports high-speed mobility.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Dragan Vujcic, Yeong Hyeon Kwon
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Patent number: 8862128Abstract: Provided is a method for efficiently performing a communication operation using supplementary information. A communication method in an integrated terminal which communicates through communication modems corresponding to base stations of various communication systems includes reading a communication network information file which is updated and is included in the integrated terminal and performing the communication operation based on the read communication network information file.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Hyungu Hwang, Daeho Kim
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Patent number: 8855604Abstract: A roaming authentication method for a GSM system is disclosed. The method sends an IMSI of a user end to a visitor end, generates a challenge code, and sends the IMSI and the challenge code to a home end. The method further generates a random code, a signature code and a communication key and combines them into an authentication data. The method further generates and sends a response code to the visitor end. The user end generates and sends the authentication signature code to the visitor end for authentication purposes. In another embodiment, the visitor end sends one more challenge code to the home end. The home end generates an authentication key that is stored in the visitor end and used to generate an authentication code. The authentication code is sent to the use end which generates and sends an authentication signature code to the visitor end for authentication purposes.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: National Cheng Kung UniversityInventor: Tzone-Lih Hwang
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Patent number: 8849306Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems to help provide a location of a mobile station in cases in which the location of the serving base station may not be known or may not be available from a base station almanac. According to the disclosed methods and systems, if the serving base station is not listed in the almanac, a positioning system will direct the mobile station to obtain identification information from a second base station (e.g., the “second best” available base station) by acquiring or partially acquiring a connection to the second base station. The positioning system may then query the almanac for location information of the second base station, based on the identification information obtained from that base station.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Michael P. McMullen, Alan J. Falk, Darrin C. Mott, Julie A. Hart
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Patent number: 8838145Abstract: A client device transmits a GNSS address to gain navigation information such as map data from a global positioning group support server. The global positioning group support server may provide navigation information of global positioning groups in the vicinity of the client device based on the received GNSS address. The GNSS address of the client device may be an inherent GNSS address or a GNSS address of a neighboring client device. Client devices are registered and divided into global positioning groups at a global positioning group support server based on corresponding GNSS addresses. A particular client device may be added or removed to or from a given global positioning group. Uni- and bi-directional association tracking within a determined time window is enabled based on corresponding GNSS addresses. Phantom GNSS moving is enabled via the association tracking.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2008Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: James Bennett, Jeyhan Karaoguz
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Patent number: 8838083Abstract: A telephone adapted to switch a voice call from an Instant Messaging (IM) based voice network to a cellular voice network.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: TP Lab Inc.Inventors: Chi Fai Ho, Shin Cheung Simon Chiu
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Patent number: 8838130Abstract: Method and arrangement in base station for allocating control elements in a message comprising a predetermined number of control elements, to user equipments to be scheduled. Each user equipment is associated with a priority value, is adapted to communicate with the base station over a radio link and requires a certain number of control elements, depending on the link quality of the radio link. The method comprising sorting user equipments in a scheduling priority list and associating control elements with user equipments by selecting user equipments from the scheduling priority list and summing up the total amount of required control elements by adding the required number of control elements of each user equipment respectively, until the predetermined number of control elements in the message is reached, if two or more user equipments have been associated with the same control elements, the control elements are re-associated between the user equipments.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Mårten Ericson, Sara Landström, Magnus Thurfjell, Stefan Wänstedt
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Patent number: 8838097Abstract: System for better service reselection when on other than the Most Preferred system. In various aspects, methods and corresponding apparatus are provided for a service reselection system that operates on a device to provide better service reselection during idle mode, origination mode and active traffic mode. A method includes detecting entry into slotted mode operation on a Less Preferred system, waiting for page monitoring to complete at selected slot cycle wakeup times, performing a service reselection scan at the selected slot cycle wakeup times to find More Preferred systems, wherein the service reselection scan is performed after the page monitoring has completed, and limiting a time duration of the service reselection scan so as to avoid interference with the page monitoring to be performed at slot cycle wakeup times that follow the selected slot cycle wakeup times.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Vikram B. Yerrabommanahalli, Saad Zaidi, Daniel Henry Salek, Francis Ming-Meng Ngai
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Patent number: 8825083Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for the sharing of experiences is provided. The method may include receiving a request for suggested experience data from the first user, said first user being associated with first user profile data stored in an experience data store and determining location data for the first user. The method may further include determining one or more interests for the first user based at least in part on the first user profile data. The method may also include determining at least one suggested experience based at least in part on the location data for the first user and the one or more determined interests for the first user. The method may further include providing the at least one suggested experience to the first user in response to the received request.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Christopher Pedregal, Mathew Cowan, Michael J. LeBeau, Gabor Cselle
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Patent number: 8818424Abstract: Techniques are provided for utilizing one or more mobile devices to estimate distances between wireless access points (APs). Embodiments can, for example, enable mobile devices, wireless APs, and/or other systems to estimate a distance between two wireless APs using Round-Trip Time (RTT) measurements obtained by one or more mobile devices. The RTT measurements can be utilized based on whether one or more related Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) measurements exceed a threshold value. Embodiments can also utilize crowdsourcing to obtain distance estimation data (e.g., distance estimates, RTT and/or RSSI measurements, etc.) from one or more mobile devices and/or propagate a determined distance, based on the distance estimation data, to multiple devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Amir A. Emadzadeh, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Weihua Gao
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Patent number: 8818324Abstract: A provisioning system for processing data structures to determine if location capabilities indicated in records are correct for each of the different ranges indicated in each of the records, transferring the data structure to a location determination system if each of the location capabilities are correct, and generating an error response if each of the location capabilities are not correct.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventor: Thomas Edward Hines, III
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Patent number: 8812027Abstract: A method is provided for determining when a mobile communications device has crossed a geo-fence. The method comprises (a) providing a mobile communications device (209) equipped with an operating system and having a location detection application resident thereon, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a server (211) over a network (203), and wherein the server maintains a geo-fence database (213); (b) receiving, from the operating system, a notification that (i) the location of the mobile communications device has changed by an amount that exceeds a predetermined threshold, or (ii) that a period of time has passed; (c) querying the operating system for a data set comprising the general location of the mobile communications device and the corresponding location accuracy; (d) transmitting the data set to the server; and (e) receiving from the server, in response, a set of geo-fences (205) proximal to the general location.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Phunware, Inc.Inventors: Lance Obermeyer, Andrew Oliver, Kyle Miller, Prashant Shetty, Aditya Rustgi
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Patent number: 8812015Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods, apparatuses, articles, etc. for mobile device locating in conjunction with localized environments. For certain example implementations, a method may comprise obtaining at a mobile device one or more signals comprising information indicative of a location thereof. The information may be transmitted to one or more servers. A location context identifier (LCI) may be received responsive to the transmitting, with the LCI corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located. The LCI may be transmitted to the one or more servers. Location-based data may be received responsive to the transmitting of the LCI, with the location-based data being associated with the LCI and pertaining to the localized environment. The location of the mobile device may be determined with respect to the localized environment based, at least in part, on the location-based data. Other example implementations are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Saumitra Mohan Das, Ayman Fawzy Naguib, Rajarshi Gupta
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Patent number: 8805342Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to content sharing for mobile devices. In aspects, images that are created using mobile devices may be automatically uploaded to one or more targets. In addition, images created on the one or more targets may be automatically downloaded to the mobile device based on one or more criteria. A service facilitates transfer of images in both directions and includes a pluggable architecture in which forwarders for new targets may be added.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tao Cao, Antonio Winslow Fernando, David Charles Huang, Murali Narayanan, Yong Zhong Wang, Dennis Joseph Thompson
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Patent number: 8798683Abstract: A base station for wireless network uses one or more MIMO channels having subchannels, to communicate with multiple user equipments, and allocates the sub channels to the user equipments. Different subchannels of a given one of the channels can be allocated to different user equipments. The ability to allocate sub channels individually rather than only allocating entire channels can enable higher data rates to be achieved. This is particularly useful for improving data rates at cell boundaries or sector boundaries, where the coverage is traditionally weakest. A user equipment can use subchannels from different MIMO channels from different sectors or from different base stations.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fiona Wilson, Keith S. Wilson
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Patent number: 8798668Abstract: A call control system performs call control for a terminal which accesses different radio access network systems. A communication exchange processing apparatus includes: a device storing maximum bandwidth for specified calls processed in the radio access network system; a device measuring present bandwidth for specified calls presently processed in the radio access network system; a device computing a ratio of the present bandwidth to the maximum bandwidth for specified calls; and a device sending specified call band ratio information indicating the ratio of present bandwidth to maximum bandwidth for specified calls to a radio network control apparatus in the radio access network system and connected to the present communication exchange processing apparatus. The radio network control apparatus provided in the radio access network system includes a device sending the specified call band ratio information to a terminal which is connected to the present radio network control apparatus by radio communication.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Yasuhiro Tani
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Patent number: 8792879Abstract: A user's cellular communication device communicates with a peer cellular communication device to perform diagnostic or repair functions on a computer connected to the user's device. The user's device is connected to the computer via a cable. The remote device commands the user's device to query the computer via the cable connection for information about the computer. Based on that information, the remote device generates commands to send to the user's device. Upon receipt, the user's device employs the commands to execute selected diagnostic and repair programs resident on the computer.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Inventor: Scott A. Finberg
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Patent number: 8787828Abstract: In-band provisioning enables subscribers to manually provision themselves via an access point at which the subscribers would not otherwise be allowed access. For example, a subscriber may be temporarily accepted by a restricted access point (e.g., an access point that belongs to a closed subscriber group). The subscriber is then given limited access to enable the subscriber to be provisioned at the access point. For example, the subscriber may be provisioned for full access at the access point if the subscriber presents a valid authorization credential to a provisioning entity.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Gavin B. Horn, Osok Song, Gerardo Giaretta, Rajat Prakash